Correlation between structural properties and iridescent colors of cellulose nanocrystalline films

Cellulose

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3601-3609

  Licen M ^a   Majaron, B ^a   Noh, J ^b   Schutz C ^c,e   Bergstrom L ^c   Lagerwall, J ^b   Drevensek Olenik I ^a,d  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Chiral nematic liquid crystal; Iridescent films; Optical reflectance spectroscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; NANOCRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BROAD SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATED STRUCTURES; NANO-CRYSTALLINE FILMS; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL HOMOGENEITY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84987665843     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-016-1066-z     Document Type: Article

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